List of largest airlines in Europe

The following is a list of the largest airlines in Europe by total scheduled and chartered passengers, in millions. The list includes companies classified as European by the IATA. The order of the chart and its completion goes only up to the year 2024.

Country	Airline/holding	'25	'24	'23	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	Fleet	Destinations	Sources	Alliance	Association
Ireland Malta Poland United Kingdom	Ryanair [a]	206.4	197.1	181.74	160.4	72.4	52.01	152.4	139.2	128.77	116.8	101.4	86.4	81.40	79.61	76.4	72.7	65.3	57.7	49.0	40.5	430	186			A4E
Germany Austria Belgium   Switzerland	Lufthansa Group [b]	135.035	131.30	122.54	101.78	46.95	36.35	145.20	141.94	130.04	109.67	107.68	105.99	104.59	103.59	100.60	92.69	76.54	70.54	63.10	68.06	728	321		Star Alliance	A4E IATA
United Kingdom Ireland Spain	International Airlines Group [c]	121.56	122.05	115.6	94.73	38.86	31.3	118.3	112.92	104.83	100.7	94.9	77.3	67.22	54.6	51.7	50.6	53.3	59.8	61.7	63.2	520	248		oneworld	A4E ERA IATA
France Netherlands	Air France-KLM [d]	102.84	97.96	93.57	83.32	44.67	34.1	104.2	101.45	98.72	93.4	89.8	87.4	78.44	77.45	75.8	70.8	71.4	73.8	74.8	73.5	574	231		SkyTeam	A4E ERA IATA
United Kingdom Austria   Switzerland	EasyJet [e]	94.91	86.51	82.8	69.7	20.4	16.09	103.3	88.5	81.63	74.5	69.9	65.3	61.33	59.21	55.5	49.7	46.1	44.6	38.2	33.0	300	136			A4E
Turkey	Turkish Airlines [f]	92.64	85.17	83.39	71.82	44.8	27.95	74.28	75.16	68.61	62.8	61.2	54.8	48.3	39.0	32.6	29.1	25.1	22.6	19.6	16.9	473	352		Star Alliance	AIRE IATA
Hungary United Kingdom Malta	Wizz Air [g]	68.6	62.69	60.31	45.66	21.71	16.67	39.80	33.81	28.27	22.78	19.2	15.8	13.5	12.0	11.2	9.6	7.8	5.8	4.2	3.0	168	144
Russia	Aeroflot Group [h]	55.34	55.3	47.3	40.7	45.81	30.16	60.7	55.7	50.13	43.4	39.4	34.7	31.4	27.5	16.4	14.1	11.1	11.6	10.2	8.7	336	189		SkyTeam	IATA
Turkey	Pegasus Airlines	43.26	37.48	31.93	26.94	20.16	14.71	30.76	29.97	27.82	24.14	22.34	19.74	16.82	13.58	11.3	8.6	5.9	4.4	-	3.1	128	156			IATA
Norway Sweden	Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA [i]	27.3	26.43	20.62	17.84	6.19	6.87	36.20	37.34	33.15	29.3	25.8	24.0	20.71	17.69	15.7	13.0	10.8	9.1	6.9	5.1	88	130			A4E
Sweden Norway Denmark Ireland	SAS Group [j]			21.1	17.87	10.19	8.81	29.8	30.0	28.37	29.4	27.1	27.3	25.56	25.32	24.7	23.1	22.8	27.0	27.2	26.9	134	124		SkyTeam	ERA IATA
Germany Belgium Netherlands Sweden United Kingdom	TUI Group [k]	20.2	20.3	19	16.7	2.02	2.02	26.0						33.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	133	-			A4E IATA
United Kingdom	Jet2.com	19.2	17.72	16.57	15.53	3.17	2.85	14.39	12.09	9.64	6.67	5.85	6.0	5.5	4.78	4.2	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.9	2.8	90	50			A4E
Greece	Aegean Airlines [l]	17.3	16.33	15.46	12.5	7.19	5.17	14.99	13.97	13.22	12.46	11.6	10.2	8.8	8.9	9.9	10.1	10.2	11.3	11.1	10.1/	67	153		Star Alliance	A4E IATA
Portugal	TAP Air Portugal [m]	16.7	16.1	15.9	13.76	5.83	4.66	17.05	15.89	14.27	11.72	11.3	11.4	10.7	10.2	9.8	9.1	8.4	8.7	7.9	6.9	110	88		Star Alliance	A4E ERA IATA
Italy	ITA Airways	16.2	17.6	15	10.1	1.32	—															95	70		Star Alliance	IATA
Turkey	SunExpress	16	15.0	12.6	10.7	6.1	3.7	10.1	9.7	8.8	7.9	8.7	7.3	6.7	6.4	7.2	6.7	5.6	4.2	3.0	2.7	81	92			IATA
Russia	S7 Airlines [n]	12.8	12.9	15.9	16.03	17.83	12.35	17.9	15.96	14.25	13.15	10.6	10.1	9.3	8.3	5.1	4.8	5.6	5.9	5.7	4.9	100	121		oneworld	IATA
Spain	Air Europa		12	11.74	10.03	5.04	4.26	13.13	11.84	10.6	10.6	10.2	8.1	9.0	8.1	8.7	8.9	9.0	9.7	9.9	8.1	59	44		SkyTeam	IATA
Finland	Finnair [o]	11.88	11.66	10.98	9.10	2.85	3.48	14.65	13.28	11.90	10.87	10.2	9.6	9.27	8.77	8.0	7.1	7.4	8.3	8.7	8.8	73	103		oneworld	A4E IATA
Poland	LOT Polish Airlines [p]	11.7	10.7	10.03	9.3	4.2	3.59	11.79	10.61	8.5	6.89	5.58	6.1	5.9	6.3	5.8	5.5	5.0	4.0	4.3	3.71	91	120		Star Alliance	AIRE IATA
Spain	Volotea	11.3	11.4	10.4	9.4	6.0	3.8	7.6	6.57	4.82	4.3	2.5	1.8	1.4		—						23	60			A4E IATA
Kazakhstan	Air Astana [q]	9.7	9.6	8.1	7.4	6.62	3.70	5.12	4.32	4.19	3.75	3.86	3.77	3.68	3.24	3.06	2.57	2.20	2.30	2.13	1.47	63	132			IATA
Germany	Condor	9.6	8.5	8	7.0			9.4	Part of Thomas Cook Group Airlines																	IATA
Latvia	AirBaltic	8.7	8.3	7.03	3.44	1.6	1.36	5.05	4.14	3.52	2.89	2.6	2.8	2.95	3.08	3.4	3.2	2.8	-	2.0	1.4	50	60			A4E IATA
Russia	Ural Airlines	8.4	9.52	9.41	8.49	9.20	5.60	9.62	9.0	8.0	6.47	5.4	5.1	4.4	3.5	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.0	47	66			IATA
Czech Republic Hungary Poland Slovakia	Czech Airlines [r]		8.3		5.2	2.53	1.8	9.6	8.8	8.17	7.3		6.57	-	-	-	-	Part of Icelandair Group		-	-	57	?		SkyTeam	A4E IATA
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Airways [s]	6.61	6.21	5.02	4.23	2.01	0.93	3.80	3.17	2.70	2.47	2.57	2.63	2.68	2.65	2.32	2.16	1.89	2.07	1.99	1.71					IATA
Russia	UTair Aviation		6.40	6.06	5.54	7.12	4.90	8.09	7.65	7.3	6.65	8.8	11.2	10.4	7.8	5.8	5.2	3.9	3.23	2.93	2.42	66	117			IATA
United Kingdom	Virgin Atlantic	5.95	5.62	5.29	4.38	1.10	1.19	5.87	5.4	5.20	5.20	5.94	6.2	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.7	5.7	5.1	4.6	40	37		SkyTeam	IATA
Spain	Binter Canarias [t]		5.6	5.00	4.43	3.14	2.27	4.0	3.6	3.4	2.7	2.65	2.6	2.1	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.63	2.9	3.02	3.0					ERA IATA
Greece	Sky Express		5	4.3	3.30	1.72		1.20	1.00	0.50	0.17	0.07	—									17	43			ERA IATA
Iceland	Icelandair Group [u]	5.1	4.67	4.29	3.66	1.46	0.89	4.41	4.14	4.05	3.67	3.0	2.9	2.6	2.4	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.5	47	36			A4E IATA
Serbia	Air Serbia	4.57	4.44	4.19	2.75	1.59	0.87	2.81	2.48	2.61	2.62	2.55	2.3	-	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.2	34	81			ERA IATA
Russia	Nordwind Airlines			4.3		5.93	2.94	5.54	4.92	3.54	1.79	2.67	4.46	3.59	2.19	1.72	1.19	0.56	0.02	—		26	97			IATA
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Airlines		4	2.9	2.25	0.87	0.57	2.60	1.89	2.29						1.4	1.0					32	57			IATA
Norway	Widerøe		3.80	3.43	3.28	2.45	1.77	3.00																		ERA IATA
Russia	Smartavia		3.54	3.80	3.24	3.62	1.64	2.03	1.19	1.09	0.96	0.73	0.76	0.76	0.81	1.47	1.4	Part of Aeroflot Group				15	67			IATA
Poland	Enter Air			3.1	2.2	1.72			1.12	1.17	1.11	1.17	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	—			19	74
Italy	AeroItalia	3	2.4			—																13				ERA IATA
Russia	Red Wings Airlines	2.7	2.9	2.72	2.21	3.00	1.54	3.07	2.62	1.62	0.92	1.04	0.92	0.35	0.82	0.78	0.88	-	-	-	-	18	20
Luxembourg	Luxair [v]		2.6	2.5	2.05	1.08	0.66	2.15	2.13	1.93	1.84	1.81	1.68	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2		17	59			A4E ERA IATA
Ukraine Malta	SkyUp [w]		2.5	1.55	1.08	2.57	1.25	1.71	0.44	—												14	64			IATA
France Guadeloupe	Groupe Dubreuil [x]			2.5																						IATA
Moldova Romania Armenia Uzbekistan	FLYONE Group [y]		2.4									—														IATA
Portugal	SATA Group [z]			2.4	1.92	1.28	0.67	1.71	0.89	0.99	0.86															ERA IATA
Romania	TAROM			2.3	1.99	1.5	0.90	3.3	2.80	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	1.7	2.0	1.9	1.5	25	50		SkyTeam	IATA
Russia	Azimuth			2.3	1.9	2.09	1.22	1.25	0.67	0.07	—											11	31
Russia	Azur Air	2.2	2.3	1.9	2.1	3.73	1.93	5.79	4.24	3.75	2.34	2.35	0.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
Belarus	Belavia	2.09	1.93		1.6			4.00	3.39	3.0	2.49	2.09	1.97	1.6	1.3	1.0		0.7				29	48			IATA
Croatia	Croatia Airlines	2.04	1.84	1.73	1.45	0.79	0.62	2.18	2.17	2.13	1.94	1.8	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.5		13	40		Star Alliance	ERA IATA
Moldova Romania	HiSky	1.8		1.6	0.8	0.1	—
Iceland	PLAY		1.65	1.52	0.79	0.10	—															10	41
Russia	Aurora Group [aa]	1.7	>1.5	1.35	1.16	1.07	Part of Aeroflot Group								—
Norway	Norse Atlantic Airways		1.5	0.98	0.30		—															12	11
Malta	KM Malta Airlines		1.40	—																						IATA
United Kingdom	Loganair		1.36	1.23	1.29	0.73	0.35	0.95	0.76	0.77	0.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	44			ERA IATA
Russia	NordStar	1.27	1.26	1.26	1.08	1.16	0.88	1.28	1.42	1.4	1.29	1.13	1.1	1.24	1.16	0.77	0.54	-	—			15	50			IATA
Russia	Yamal Airlines					1.26	0.70	1.75	1.97	1.79	1.45	1.43	1.45	1.3	0.91	0.57	0.5					36	38
Russia	Ikar			1.1		1.72	0.76	2.16	2.02	1.38	0.99	1.08	1.24	0.28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	29			IATA
Tajikistan	Somon Air	1.09	1.01	0.79																—						IATA
Russia	IrAero	>1	1.05	1.14	0.98	0.93	0.95					0.27	0.27
Russia	I-Fly								1.13	0.75	0.4	0.61	0.97	1.05	0.63	0.41	0.38	-	-	-	-	10	30
Bulgaria	Bulgaria Air			0.73	0.63	0.57	0.51	1.40	1.27	1.24	1.25	1.27	1.40						1.20	1.12		10	26			IATA
Romania	AnimaWings			Part of Aegean Airlines				—
Malta	Air Malta	—	0.50	2.00	1.51	0.60		2.10	2.03	1.66	1.60	1.73	1.74	1.76	1.66	1.68	1.68	1.64	1.74	1.63	1.61	8	37			ERA IATA
Ukraine	Windrose							1.44	1.30													12	19
Ukraine	Ukraine International Airlines		-	-	-	2.79	1.73	7.97	8.08	6.93	6.0	4.8	3.8	4.5	2.8	1.9	1.7	0.8	1.7	0.3		42	80

Notes

1. Includes Lauda Europe, Ryanair UK, Malta Air and Buzz.
2. Includes Lufthansa (inc. Lufthansa Regional (inc. Lufthansa CityLine and Air Dolomiti)), Eurowings, Swiss International Air Lines (inc. Edelweiss Air), Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines.
3. Includes British Airways (inc. BA CityFlyer), Iberia (inc. Air Nostrum and Iberia Express), Vueling Airlines, Level and Aer Lingus (inc. Aer Lingus Regional).
4. Includes Air France (inc. Air France Hop and Transavia France) and KLM (inc. KLM cityhopper, and Transavia).
5. Includes EasyJet UK, EasyJet Switzerland, and EasyJet Europe.
6. Includes AJet.
7. Includes Wizz Air UK and Wizz Air Malta.
8. Includes Rossiya Airlines and Pobeda.
9. Includes Norwegian Air Norway and Norwegian Air Sweden.
10. Includes Scandinavian Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines Ireland and SAS Link.
11. Includes TUI Airways (formerly Thomson Airways), TUI fly Belgium (Jetairfly), TUI fly Germany (TUIfly), TUI fly Netherlands (Arkefly), TUI fly Nordic
12. Includes Olympic Air.
13. Includes TAP Express.
14. Includes Citrus.
15. Includes Norra
16. Includes LOT Charters.
17. Includes Air Astana and FlyArystan.
18. Includes SmartWings, Smartwings Hungary, Smartwings Poland, Smartwings Slovakia.
19. Includes Uzbekistan Airways Express and Silk Avia
20. Includes Canarias Airlines and Naysa Servicios Aéreos
21. Includes Icelandair and Air Iceland Connect.
22. Includes Luxair Luxembourg Airlines and LuxairTours.
23. Includes SkyUp MT.
24. Includes Air Caraïbes and French bee
25. Includes FlyOne, FlyOne Airlines, FlyOne Armenia and FlyOne Asia.
26. Includes Azores Airlines and SATA Air Açores
27. Includes Yakutia Airlines, Khabarovsk Airlines, Kamchatka Air Enterprise, Chukotavia, Polar Airlines, Taiga Airlines/Aviashelf.

See also

• List of airlines of Europe
• World's largest airlines
• List of largest airlines in North America
• List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean
• List of largest airlines in Africa
• List of largest airlines in Asia
• List of largest airlines in South America
• List of largest airlines in Oceania

Further reading

• "Europe's Top 20 airline groups by passengers 2017; Lufthansa wrests top spot from Ryanair". CAPA Centre for Aviation. 21 January 2018.
• "Europe's top 20 airline groups by passengers 2023: Ryanair's lead is set to endure". CAPA Centre for Aviation. 28 March 2024.